noun:

• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

noun:

• Shangdi (creator deity in Chinese folk religion)
• God (in Christianity)

noun / ~する noun:

• (roads) running in all directions; convenient transportation; ability in any line

noun / ~する noun:

• tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony - four character idiom

noun:

• marriage in which the bride lives temporarily in her parents' home

noun:

• beside oneself with joy; in raptures; in an ecstasy of delight - four character idiom

adverb / ~する noun:

• squelching; gurgling; bubbling

adverb:

• raking in (money); rolling in; hand over fist

noun:

• social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world

noun / expression:

• in the belly
• in one's heart of hearts

noun:

• work in progress; WIP; goods in process

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• very much out in the open (as in a information)

noun:

• correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise) - Buddhism term ➜ 助業・浄土宗・正定業

noun:

• sex establishment in which staff dress in costumes (schoolgirl, nurse, etc.) - abbreviation - From English "image club" ➜ イメージクラブ

prefix:

• single; simple

noun:

• singles (in tennis) - abbreviation ➜ 単試合
• winning system (as in horse racing) - abbreviation ➜ 単勝式

expression / adverb:

• honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

expression / adjective:

• well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of) - usu. as ”～に造詣が深い

noun:

• breaking off contact with someone after having sex with them; wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am; hit it and quit it; fuck and chuck - slang - vulgar

noun:

• dog-friendly café; eatery which allows people to bring their pet dogs and provides separate menus for dogs and their owners - From English "dog café"

expression:

• in public; in company

expression:

• in response; in concert

noun:

• high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest - abbr. of 阿闍梨耶, from the Sanskrit "ācārya" - honorific language - Buddhism term
• initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon) - Buddhism term ➜ 伝法灌頂
• monk who conducts religious services - Buddhism term

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神